Individual butter cutting machine



S. D. LOWRY INDIVIDUAL BUTTER CUTTING MACHINE Filed Jan. 51, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 6, 1931. s. D. LOWRY INDIVIDUAL BUTTER CUTTING MACHINE Filed Jan. 31, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v 7 IIIIIIIIIIIIII/l.

1 IIIIIIIIIII Patented Oct.

' omr nis mra SA MUE L DIGKSON PATENT" OFFICE LQWRY, or Ruiz Anemia, irinsnir; LQWRY AnMINIsv rmrrnrx or sun sAM n LOWBY; nncnnsnn INDIVIDUAL BUTTER curring lmcnmn Application filed January 31, 1929. {Serial Ho. 336 ,516. :4

The invention relates to a machine for cutting butterinto individual pieces or pats ,ifor table service and has for its object the i provision of a machine that is adapted to '55 be clamped to a table or any suitable support and arranged to receive a predetermined size of-Pa block of butter and provided with means" by which said block may be cut lengthwiseinto a plurality of sections, and 1 said sections'cut transversely into pieces or pats, provisionbeing made for varyingthe thickness of the pieces cut.

The invention will be described indetail' T hereinafter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich 5 Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view. "on a plane indicated by the line 55 of Ifigure 2, and

Figures 6 and I 7 l fviews on planes indicated 'by'the lines 6-6 h 9 and; 7- 7 of Figur'e- 1f, respectively.

' In the, drawings similar reference characters. are used .to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

.In'the'machine selected for illustration in the 'drawingsthe device is designed to receive and cut a pound block of butter as usually prepared and sold, said blocks being of uniform dimensions, and the. machine comprises a frame adapted to contain the pound block having a bottoml with' upstanding flanges 2' on which the butter is supported, 3 and 4 indicating rectangular frames at the respective ends of the bottom -1. 5 indicating an angle: bar connecting one of the upper cor-' ners of v the frame members 3 and 4. 'Se-a cured within the rectangular member 3 and I preferably formed integral therewith are crossed knives or cutters 6 that are adapted to'cut a pound block, of butter into longitudinal strips, the butterbeing :pushed against said knives by, the to be hereim atter' described;

plunger is a guide and strengthening means -an 1113 ari angeda r ght ng e Lethe p at :9 and s d metrically arranged'rre t elv 1 to the rear side of the plunger and provided with. te thl d nd 5 their o tertedg the firamevto g id the p u g r n its mo e,-

and, will still sustain the-thrust neces- 7 are transverse sectional forward" ovementfiftheplunger 7 by'en- 2 vrly-of the.frame and-atone side thereof and ourna edd bearing mem ers -21, 22 indicatingla, crank member-;.secured to .saidshaft and having a handle--23 f r actua ng he shaft, Esaid crank mem aving its end. i tur d as shown -at2et thus forminga, Ugshapedmember"comprisingthe' portion 25 that issecured Slidably mounted in the frame is a er- 7 "that has its front, face provided with grooved reC-essesSthat aline with the knives 5 Gite provide means by which the block of *butt'er may be, entirely pu he outrof the frame at the endof thestroke of the plunger 7. Formed in egral wi h th re s de th d331- thereforroinprising a plate 9 formed in i srail with the plunger fin d ametrically the eo a d p ovid d a ith space tee h 11.0

a and al o lreintor i g m mbers 1 saidte hT ngagi-ng t -bo m and ide of 7 mentin the frame- :Sa platefi andm mbers 1221116113 comprise a cruciform guide and r in r ementt p ung r 7 whereby it mayb made of relat ve y 'thin m e ia a y mean the butt r in rips Th m mhers an 1.3,,have rearwa ly ext n d portions 16 and 17 with outyvardly directed lugs 18 andl9 that serve as. stops to limit, the

gaging the rear end of the frame formed by g e bot om p a ea d h re t ngu r *mem- I v 8R4."

- i2 indivcates ha t ar ang ,i ngitudina to the shaft 20, crank-larm'22, andrthe'end Imem e 2 L-Rortion"2 s p o id drwi h a circumferential Lgroove 26 to receivea cutting wire 27 while the member 24 is provided with 695 a lug 28 in which is mounted a tapered pin 29 to which the ends of the wire 27 are secured as shown at 30. 31 indicates a plate secured to the end of the member 24 and provided with guide notches to receive the Wire 27. The "5 f'otltei end of the pin 29 is flattened into a Wing shape as shown at 32 to admit of turna ing the pin 29 to tighten the Wire 27, and33 1 indicates a clamp screwthreaded into the pre- Q, pj'ecti0n 28 and adapted to clamp the pint29 t0 held itin adjusted position." 34is adrum see cured tc theshaft20and having'amutilated 7 thre'a'd35 that isadapted t0 movethe plunger f 7 stepby step engagemento fisaidl thread 35 i'n'ohe '01'" the'oth'erof the set of the teeth I hereinbefore referred'to as#10,=11 ,140r 1'5. t

Each of, the sets of teeth lO, l1,' l4"a nd=15.ja1"e V;;.. v if 1 differently spaced sothat bypfp'eflyplacifig M ephmge p s ion inrt epfr m zw enzt 4, w i jplacingfgthe butter therein for cutting; the

' thickness iof 'the patsl cr'piecespf butter that "will be cut-bythe ires cutter zfz'ljmay be se-I '-"1 ected', and in opera ti0n itwill be undlerst ood that after thef'sevel ing'operation'by the 'Wire :2 1 1 '520VcutterEQY -the-mutilatedthread 35 which ex- V '-tehds arofindthe-shaft'011ehundredeighty 1 L degrees"will-'mevegtheplunger forward'the distance;cfj onefoffthespaces between-the 3 t a teeth jthat'niayat that tinie be enga-g'ed'hy *F 36 'i'ndi'cates a-stop member that is slidably 57 1 mefintedifithesheVe 375saidst0p member 36 Y including a -stem" 38- that extends "below the r frame member i and isdesigned-m prevent the p1un ger 7' fremheing moved "out Of the frame until the'fste 38 is rais'edlto permit reindvalff p I lamp the ma'chiile 011 a tab'le" cr' other e v f: su port a,-removable clam amemb r is'pro- 1 "3 vided that"consists of'aloaf-39mm having I anbfisetpcrtioiLLOatone end to engage the; x H sideicfthe frame, and thecl'amp memben is r J V"s'eeured-te-thefside otthefi'ame'by'means"of 1 I. ,1 scfewfastenifng s 4L1. The othef- 'elid -of the Q bar isalso "previded with ahibffse'at portion v 42 in which-isigmbunteda set-isCreW 43 {t0 e11 1 I gage'the llnder side of a tahletep air other j LWhat is claimed is .v J 1 iAfbutterQcutte'r, comprising an open ende'd jframeaadapited t0 receive aiblo ckcfibutter and thejlikeYa;plunger slidably mounted in .7 r

V the frame, a reinforcement for said plunger compfi'sing a' goros's-shaped-web "formed-in "I tegpaLg ith'sai'd plunger and extending rear ariilly thereof, spaced teeth-provided'on the side edges ofsaidwebfadapted to engage the sides ofthe framefandfguide the r-plunger, 1 means 'engagin'gkf said teeth; to actuate the '55 plunger, endings saidcioss-shaped 'W'eb V to engage/the fia e-and limitthe forward "movement'- f'the pluhger." a es ti'nrionj 1W hereofIiaflig; my'signature. I N

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